Tag Archives: Filippo Grandi

The United States has decided to end participation in the UN process to develop a Global Compact on Migration (GCM), the U.S. Department of State said Sunday. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the compact, adopted by the UN in September 2016, requires negotiations to be based on the…

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi arrives in Cameroon Thursday for a two-day visit, during which the UNHCR will launch its 2017 interagency funding appeal to assist refugees in the Lake Chad region. Grandi will travel to the far north region of Cameroon, where a refugee camp at…

This weekend’s Mediterranean Dialogues in Rome didn’t shy away from the climate of conflict and crisis that Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have known in recent years. Among the participants was Sudan, and Ibrahim Ghandour, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, was joined by colleagues from MENA states…

World leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in New York have adopted a historic declaration aimed at coordinating a global response to a tide of refugees, migrants and the internally displaced that is unprecedented in the modern era. The measure was approved Monday during the Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and…

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